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🌟 Centre Clears Tejas Mark-2 Project
Indian Prime Minister led Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the Tejas Mark-2 project at a cost of over ₹ 10,000 crore. Equipped with a more powerful engine, the LCA Mk-2 is expected to succeed fighters like the Mirage-2000S, Jaguars and MiG-29S in the IAF fleet. The Tejas Mar…
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🌟 Udarashakti Exercise (August 2022)
Context: Recently, a contingent of the Indian Air Force left for Malaysia to participate in a bilateral exercise named ‘Udarashakti’ .
While Harimau Shakti is Joint military exercises that are held annually between the two countries.
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🌟 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers Meet (August 2022)
The Ministry of women and child Development is celebrating the fifth Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 from first to thirtieth September 2022. It is an integrated nutrition support program to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with target developing practice…
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🌟 Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (August 2022)
Context: Recently, Defense research and Development Organization (DRDO) has successfully test fired indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) . ATGMs range in size from shoulder-launched weapons, which can be transported by a single soldier, to larger t…
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🌟 Fourth Edition of India-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)
The fourth edition of the two-day India-Bangladesh Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) exercises began on 22nd May in the Bay of Bengal. Aim: The exercise aims to strengthen mutual understanding and enhance the interoperability between the navies of India and Bangladesh in countering mar…
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🌟 Draft Drone Rules, 2021 (July 2021)
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) recently released the updated ‘The Drone Rules, 2021’ for public consultation. These rules were built on premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring.
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🌟 First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Conducted Sea Trials (August 2021)
INS Vikrant, India՚s first indigenous aircraft carrier conducted its maiden sea trails on August 4,2021 off the coast of Kochi. This is going to be a significant step in the manufacture of military equipment within India.
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🌟 Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released a new Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) (erstwhile Defence Procurement Procedure or DPP) , 2020. It contains policies and procedures for procurement and acquisition to modernise the Armed Forces including the Coast Guard.
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🌟 Exercise Bongosagar
The second edition of Exercise Bongosagar, a bilateral naval exercise between India and Bangladesh was scheduled to commence in Northern Bay of Bengal on 3rd October 2020. The first edition of the exercise was held in 2019.
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- To develop interoperability and joint operationa…
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